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Old 01-13-2012, 08:55 AM   #85
Chuck Clark
 
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Re: Why don't we practice chokes?

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Mary Eastland wrote: View Post
We must train very differently. When we practice chokes no one is close to dying.
We certainly must "train differently".... we, of course, are always close to dying. This understanding and becoming calm and accepting that each breath is one less is part of learning to really live. In my understanding, this is part of budo practice.

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